Your points spent into the Ranger tree are useless because you will not have access to a pet that is above level 35. You're better off putting them further into one of the other two trees. You're not going to do enough constant DPS to worry about enhancing it if you intend to keep the Bard buffs up.

Keeping buffs up and DPS'ing isn't really an issue if you macro the buffs, the Ranger points aren't there for the pet mainly the attk power buff, 5% crit and the snare shot. The pet is more a PvE tool as the recast time is too long in PvP to recast when die.

There is no need to have a combined PvE and PvP build when you can run a build for each without issue. You simply have a build focused on each, the build above is what I intend running for PvP, PvE would change and have a few more points in the bard tree.

I ran with Marksman/Bard for a while before realizing the power of the Riftstalker/Assassin, but I'd recommend something other than Ranger for your third soul. Go with Nightblade for the fire attack and melee options, or Riftstalker to Shadow Shift out of danger.

My opinion.

Originally Posted by the_real_seebs

Ahh, but the game isn't the problem. The problem is that someone who can neither write nor think is inexplicably unhappy with something.

Theres the trade off you need to make, a teleport on a timer (riftstalker), or a instant snare (GCD only timer).

Personally I found that 6 points invested in ranger have a really good payback, however if you were not going to invest any points at all into a 3rd soul then the free teleport would be the choice.

"Snare shot" combined with bard run speed is better than a 15m teleport imo, it shines even more combined with "on the double". Also "snare shot" give you the ability to help out team mates by snaring their targets or snaring players attacking caster/healers. In all honesty I dont see any reason a Bard/Marksman would choose Riftstaker over Ranger as a third soul.